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Degree Requirements

As a Bachelor of Business Administration candidate, you must complete the General Education Core and Graduation requirements pertinent to the year that you entered the University of Hawai‘i system. For detailed information on all requirements, schedule an appointment with an academic advisor. You may also download a copy of the BBA program requirements sheet here. Students may also join the Honors Program to earn a BBA degree with Honors distinction.

You should note that prerequisites and sequencing of courses are strictly enforced. For course descriptions and prerequisites, check the University Catalog.

Combination of language and culture study. The language and culture courses do not need to match; and they may be taken in any combination to fulfill the four semester requirement (i.e. one language with three cultures; two language with two cultures, etc.) Example: FR 101 & FR102 with 2 GRK culture courses; JPN 101,102, and 201 with 1 CHN culture; SPAN 101 with 3 HAW culture). See your academic advisor if this category is not clear.

Participation in a study abroad or international exchange program. Program must be twelve credits or more, taken during the fall or spring semester.

*For all General Education Core classes, students must receive a minimum grade of “D” or higher (“D-” grades will not be counted as satisfying gen-ed requirements)

Upper Division Electives:

No more than two courses can be business courses, but may not be in one’s major

Courses toward a minor may be used to satisfy these electives, if the courses meet the above conditions

Courses used towards a major may NOT be used towards an academic minor

No more than three credits of BUS 395 (Internship) may be used to satisfy these electives

No courses used to fulfill the General Education Core may satisfy these electives

Students in the Shidler College of Business are required to maintain a minimum cumulative Grade-Point Ratio (GPR) of 2.0. Students must also receive a minimum GPR of 2.0 for their Business Core and Major classes. All Shidler College of Business course requirements require no grade below a “C-” .

Students must earn 120 non-repeated college credits to earn a Bachelor of Business Administration. 30 credits must be earned at UH Mānoa. 45 credits must be upper-division (300-level or higher). 24 of those credits being earned in Shidler College of Business upper-division business courses and 9 credits (of the 24) earned in a student's business major AFTER official admission to Shidler College of Business.